FrameMaker Tips

Keyboard Shortcuts, Part 3

This edition of Tips contains keyboard shortcuts that relate to tables. Some of these are duplicates from an earlier Tips. Please note that these shortcuts are for FrameMaker 7 and may not work with FrameMaker 10.

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Category: Using FrameMaker

Relevance: All Manuals

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Conventions for Shortcuts

Example	Describes
Esc j c	Press and release the Esc key, then j, then c
Alt+Control+u	Hold down Alt and Control while pressing u
Esc Shift+h Shift+s	Press and release the Esc key, then hold down the Shift key while pressing and releasing the h key and (still holding down the Shift key) the s key
Esc e x, Shift key+Delete	Press and release the Esc key, then e, then x; or Hold down the Shift key while pressing the Delete key (The comma separates different ways to accomplish the task)

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Selecting parts of a table

To select	Press
A cell	Control and click the cell
A row	Control and double-click column border
A column	Control and double-click row border
Current row	Esc t h r
Current column	Esc t h c
Current table	Esc t h t, Control and triple-click a cell

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Navigating through a table

To move to	Press
Rightmost cell in current row	Esc t m e
Leftmost cell in current row	Esc t m a
Top cell in current column	Esc t m t
Bottom cell in current column	Esc t m b
Next cell and select its text	Tab, Esc t m n
Previous cell and select its text	Shift key+Tab, Esc t m p
Cell below and select its text	Alt+Control+Tab
Cell above and select its text	Alt+Control+Shift key+Tab

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Working within a table

To	Press
Type a tab character in a cell	Esc Tab
Add rows above selected row	Esc t Shift key+r a
Add rows below selected rows	Esc t Shift key+r b, Control+Return
Add columns to left	Esc t c l (lowercase L)
Add columns to right	Esc t c r
Paste by replacing selected rows or columns	Esc t p r
Paste rows or columns before selection	Esc t p b
Paste rows or columns after selection	Esc t p a
Resize columns so no paragraphs in selected cells wrap	Esc t w
Resize selected columns without changing table’s width	Alt and drag selected cell’s handle
Copy column width to Clipboard	Esc e y w

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Special scripts

Script Title	Shortcut
Balance Columns	Esc b c
Paste Clipboard Data Into Table (works with an Excel script that copies the data)	Ctrl+h
Number Figure Items – JBSL (requires an ini file)	Esc n i
Number Figure Items – BTP (requires an ini file)	Esc n b
Reset Figure Items (works with the two Number Figure Items scripts above)	Esc r i